update: managing a student organization when no one else does any work and you’re stuck doing it all yourself by Alison Green on May 27, 2016 Remember the letter-writer in March who was running a student organization but getting stuck with all the work because no one else would follow through on their commitments? Here’s the update. As most people mentioned, this was a problem with a clear end date. Graduation has passed. I finished my thesis and internship, and I […] Read the full article →
open thread – May 27-28, 2016 by Alison Green on May 27, 2016 It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on anything work-related that you want to talk about. If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers. * If you submitted […] Read the full article →
I have a crush on a manager at work, my coworker keeps encroaching on my desk, and more by Alison Green on May 27, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I have a crush on a manager at work I’m a happily married woman, but I have a crush on a male supervisor at work. The nature of my work requires that I advise management staff on various issues, so I often meet with several […] Read the full article →
I have to pay to be “honored” at an event by Alison Green on May 26, 2016 A reader writes: I was recently nominated by a senior work colleague and selected by a local organization’s committee to receive an award for making a positive impact in my community along with approximately 15 other community leaders. While I’m touched to have been nominated and selected, in order to receive this award, I have […] Read the full article →
update: my coworkers mercilessly tease me about my drunken holiday party behavior by Alison Green on May 26, 2016 Remember the letter-writer who got blackout drunk at her company holiday party and her coworkers wouldn’t stop joking about it? She was mortified because she’d realized that she had a drinking problem and needed to get help, but people at work were treating it like a hilarious joke, not realizing that it was a painful episode […] Read the full article →
my coworker keeps telling me not to worry when he’s slow in getting back to me by Alison Green on May 26, 2016 A reader writes: I have a colleague on another team who I rely on for information, etc. to complete projects, and who is often very slow getting back to me. When I chase him up, he implies I am overreacting and says (in what I perceive to be a condescending tone), “Don’t worry, it will […] Read the full article →
talking to job candidates about our kickball league, handling complaints about an employee, and more by Alison Green on May 26, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. How should I handle my employee’s complaints about her coworker? I’m a budding supervisor and there is one employee who has brought forward many complaints against another employee. She claims that our clients have felt written off or discouraged by this other person but the clients […] Read the full article →
can I signal to my employee that I realize our boss sucks? by Alison Green on May 25, 2016 A reader writes: I’m wondering how to handle a situation as a relatively new manager. I currently have just one direct report, Charles. About a year ago, we got a new president at our mid-size nonprofit. The new president, Sam, was apparently hired for his expertise in the field and definitely not in managing an […] Read the full article →
my future boss won’t stop emailing me by Alison Green on May 25, 2016 A reader writes: I don’t start my new job for another month. My new boss is already sending me emails detailing meetings I will have to attend after I start — sort of setting up a calendar for me with names, locations, things I am unfamiliar with. At the moment, I am dealing with relocating […] Read the full article →
my manager believes that working from home is a day off work by Alison Green on May 25, 2016 A reader writes: My manager, “Trish,” believes face-time = productivity. Last year, she started allowing people to work from home one day a week based on pressure from upper management because our group was not working remotely during weather-related closings. Most of us did not have the VPN required to do so and because she […] Read the full article →